Project Management Job Trends in Derbyshire

Project Management
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Project Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 7 19
Rank change year-on-year -33 +12 +3
Permanent jobs citing Project Management 15 43 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 2.98% 15.41% 7.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 19.28% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 13 35 12
10th Percentile £35,800 £33,000 £39,113
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,269 £57,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.58% +14.43% +5.79%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,500 £59,600
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Project Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 414 223 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 82.14% 79.93% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 169 137 147
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,881 £24,648
25th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £29,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,250 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%

Project Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Project Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Project Management job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Project Management
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Project Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Project Management

Project Management
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Management in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Project Management in Derbyshire

Project Management
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby -18 10 £47,750 -16.96% 6
Chesterfield -8 1 £54,000 +58.82% 4
Swadlincote - 1 £50,269 -
Project Management
East Midlands

Project Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) NEC Housing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Law
4 4 (26.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (20.00%) Legal
5 3 (20.00%) Military
6 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Change Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) IT Change Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 1 (6.67%) Application Support Team Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) ERP Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) ERP Business Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Project Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Telephony Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Telephony Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Transformation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (13.33%) CCTV
2 2 (13.33%) SCADA
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (26.67%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Business Case
4 2 (13.33%) Coaching
4 2 (13.33%) Network Design
4 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Release Management
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C
1 2 (13.33%) C#
1 2 (13.33%) C++
1 2 (13.33%) Ladder Logic
1 2 (13.33%) VB
1 2 (13.33%) VBA
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) HND
3 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
3 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) GDPR
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
2 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) MuleSoft
2 1 (6.67%) NEC
2 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow